Committee backs interstate compact to ease licensing for respiratory therapists

Mar 4, 2026

Senate Bill 25-44, establishing the respiratory care interstate compact, received testimony from practitioners and professional groups who said the compact would speed cross-state practice and help staff hospitals and rehab facilities; committee reported the bill to calendar.

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The Health & Welfare Committee advanced a bill to join the respiratory care interstate compact, which would allow licensed respiratory therapists from participating states to practice across state lines without obtaining separate state licenses.

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